The Meathook Massacre

The Meathook Massacre

Legendary Enchantment

Mana cost: {X}{B}{B}

How we read this card

When The Meathook Massacre enters, each creature gets -X/-X until end of turn.

triggered — shrinks a creature by -X/-X

Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

triggered — makes each opponent lose 1 life

Whenever a creature an opponent controls dies, you gain 1 life.

triggered — gains you 1 life

Causes: a creature dies, make a player lose life, gain life.

Cares about: a creature dies.

Works well with

anything leaves the battlefield — 1 card in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

  1. Chainer, Dementia Master — When Chainer, Dementia Master leaves the battlefield thanks to The Meathook Massacre, it exiles a Nightmare

life is gained — 2,076 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

When The Meathook Massacre gains life:

  1. Dina, Soul Steeper — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Marina Vendrell's Grimoire — draws you that many cards
  3. South Wind Avatar — makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Rodolf Duskbringer — grants indestructible
  5. Fiendish Panda — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  6. Veinwitch Coven — brings a card back
  7. Cleric Class — puts a counter on a creature
  8. Lich's Mastery — draws you that many cards
  9. Wall of Limbs — puts a +1/+1 counter on itself
  10. Ratchet, Field Medic // Ratchet, Rescue Racer — triggers

84 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature in a graveyard — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

The Meathook Massacre puts cards into the graveyard that:

  1. Havengul Lich — can bring back
  2. Liliana the Repentant — can bring back
  3. Paleoloth — can bring back
  4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept — can bring back
  5. Banon, the Returners' Leader — can bring back
  6. Surgical Suite // Hospital Room — can bring back
  7. Sword of Light and Shadow — can bring back
  8. Necromantic Thirst — can bring back
  9. Krile Baldesion — can bring back
  10. Extus, Oriq Overlord // Awaken the Blood Avatar — can bring back

799 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a nontoken creature dies — 2,769 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

When a creature dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre:

  1. Zahur, Glory's Past — makes a token
  2. Vraska, the Silencer — brings a card back
  3. Liesa, Forgotten Archangel — brings a card back
  4. Avacyn, Angel of Horror — brings a card back
  5. Yedora, Grave Gardener — brings a card back
  6. Nim Deathmantle — brings a card back
  7. Valkyrie's Call — brings a card back
  8. Decaying Soil — brings a card back
  9. High-Society Hunter — draws you 1 card
  10. Overseer of the Damned — makes a token

60 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature dies — 2,830 cards in the game can cause this.

  1. Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple — When a creature dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, Pious Evangel // Wayward Disciple makes each opponent lose 1 life
  2. Daxos, Blessed by the Sun — When a creature dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun gains you 1 life
  3. Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim — When a creature dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim makes each opponent lose 1 life
  4. Shriveling Rot — When a creature dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, Shriveling Rot makes a player lose life equal to its toughness
  5. Jeskai Sage — When Jeskai Sage dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, it draws you 1 card
  6. Meathook Massacre II — When a creature dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, Meathook Massacre II brings a card back
  7. Blasting Station — When you sacrifice a creature to Blasting Station, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  8. Lethal Vapors — When a creature dies thanks to Lethal Vapors, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  9. Grave Peril — When a creature dies thanks to Grave Peril, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  10. Spreading Plague — When a creature dies thanks to Spreading Plague, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  11. Saw — When a creature dies thanks to Saw, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  12. Hot Soup — When a creature dies thanks to Hot Soup, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  13. Cracked Skull — When a creature dies thanks to Cracked Skull, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  14. Sporogenic Infection — When a creature dies thanks to Sporogenic Infection, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  15. Mire Blight — When a creature dies thanks to Mire Blight, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  16. Death Pits of Rath — When a creature dies thanks to Death Pits of Rath, The Meathook Massacre makes each opponent lose 1 life
  17. Cyclops Superconductor — When Cyclops Superconductor dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, it triggers
  18. Saffi Eriksdotter — When a creature dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, Saffi Eriksdotter sacrifices itself
  19. Treacherous Vampire — When Treacherous Vampire dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, it makes you lose life
  20. Cavalier of Thorns — When Cavalier of Thorns dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, it exiles itself

566 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature goes to a graveyard — 3,011 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

When a creature hits the graveyard thanks to The Meathook Massacre:

  1. Lorcan, Warlock Collector — brings a card back
  2. Robot Domination — draws you 1 card
  3. Lazav, Dimir Mastermind — copies a permanent
  4. Profane Memento — gains you 1 life
  5. Dennick, Pious Apprentice // Dennick, Pious Apparition — triggers
  6. Soulcipher Board // Cipherbound Spirit — triggers

8 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

life is lost — 3,160 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

When a permanent makes a player lose life thanks to The Meathook Massacre:

  1. Far Fortune, End Boss — raises your speed
  2. Mendicant Core, Guidelight — raises your speed
  3. Aether Syphon — raises your speed
  4. Vnwxt, Verbose Host — raises your speed
  5. Slick Imitator — raises your speed
  6. Howlsquad Heavy — raises your speed
  7. Hour of Victory — raises your speed

49 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a creature leaves the battlefield — 4,238 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

  1. Ninja Teen — When a creature leaves the battlefield thanks to The Meathook Massacre, Ninja Teen makes each opponent lose 1 life

31 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a permanent is put into a graveyard from the battlefield — 5,057 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

  1. Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero — When Gerrard, Weatherlight Hero dies thanks to The Meathook Massacre, it exiles itself

17 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.

a card in a graveyard — 7,589 cards in the game can cause this (The Meathook Massacre is one).

The Meathook Massacre:

  1. Havi, the All-Father — fills your graveyard toward the 4 or more cards Havi, the All-Father needs
  2. Repentant Vampire — fills your graveyard toward the 7 or more cards Repentant Vampire needs
  3. Athreos, Shroud-Veiled — puts cards into the graveyard that Athreos, Shroud-Veiled can bring back

441 other cards care about it too. These are the ones with the most connections.